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i love irish

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  • 28-03-2002 2:52am
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    polarbelly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭


    just wanted to say that...

    wish i had to use it and i wish i was better at it

    the usual arguement applies... i was always taught how to write as ghaeilge but never to speak in irish

    michael


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    Molly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭Molly


    I really don't understand how this could be,
    i was always taught how to write as ghaeilge but never to speak in irish
    You don't learn a language without learning it orally, after all we were all thought to speak before we could read or write
    wish i had to use it and i wish i was better at it
    It's not too late :)


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    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    I remember going to Club Chonradh na Gaeilge, in Harcourt Street, Dublin - after a few pints, I found the cupla focail were a lot easier to remember. :)


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    Johnny_the_fox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Johnny_the_fox


    after a few pints, I found the cupla focail were a lot easier to remember.

    the same thing happens me...... :o

    I talk alot of cac


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    Yoda
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Yoda


    Originally posted by Molly
    You don't learn a language without learning it orally, after all we were all thought to speak before we could read or write

    Sure you can. It depends on your learning style. I could read and write Danish long before I ever heard it spoken. Same thing for Irish. I could read and write it fairly well before I felt confident speaking it.


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    Gael
    Registered Users Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭Gael


    Maith thú a Pholarbelly!
    (Fair Play Polarbelly!)

    There are people who have fluent irish but who don't give a **** about it, or even refuse to speak it.

    Then there are people like Polarbelly, who have the will to change the fact that they're not proficient and have a genuine care for the language. Those people are the future of irish.

    Molaim thú arís!
    (I commend you again!)


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    Molly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭Molly


    There are people who have fluent irish but who don't give a **** about it, or even refuse to speak it.

    I believe i have fluent irish, but I have no one to speak irish with outside of my irish class's outside of my school, and i'm sure alot of others have the same problem as me


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    Yoda
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Yoda


    Tá fáil ar chomhrá leictreonach ag GAELIC-L@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE.


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    polarbelly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭polarbelly


    molly,

    the first time i spoke irish in school was in 6th year for my oral preperation

    i had read from books and stuff in primary school but anyone can read irish without actually understanding... you know?


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    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    I too am fond of irish but it should definately be more orally thought. Mar shampla: after the LC i will tell you all you about the theme of some old sadass poem, but i probably couldn't have a chat with you about a match or something. They should teeach it about 60% orally and the rest on paperwork. That will arouse interest, fan go bhfeicfidh tú!


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